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Filtering History
Many years ago, I was surprised to receive a letter from an old friend, saying that she had been told that I refused to see campus visitors from Africa. At the time, I was so bogged down with work that...
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Noam Chomsky: Rise of Far-right Imperils U.S.
Will intellectualism ever intersect with wisdom? A number of definitions of insanity have been put forth over the years, and a recent interview has inspired me to add the following: It is when one is...
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"Climate Change" or "Immigration Reform"? Either Way, We Lose.
How often has the Leader and his cohorts on the Hill told us about the importance of making “hard choices” — while running away from those choices as fast as he can? In fact, the burgeoning federal...
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Arizona Now ‘Dangerfield’ Country
If Rodney Dangerfield — the comedian who complained, “ I don’t get no respect”— were alive today, he might feel at home in Arizona. No respect is what Governor Jan Brewer says her state and its people...
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Homeschooling and Socialism
Is homeschooling compatible with socialism and vice-versa? Apparently not, for homeschooling means parental control of education, and that is anathema to socialists. The most important institution in a...
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Supreme Court Allows Mojave Cross
In a 5 to 4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 28 overturned a ruling made by a federal judge and the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California that had ordered the U.S. Park Service to...
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Photography is Not a Crime
In early 2007, the cops destroyed his $400 camera flash, bashed his head against the ground, threatened to taser him, and took him to jail on bogus charges — all for legally snapping some pictures of...
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Race and Resentment
Recent stories out of both Philadelphia and San Francisco tell of black students beating up Asian American students. This is especially painful for those who expected that the election of Barack Obama...
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Preacher Arrested for Calling Homosexuality a Sin
British street preacher Dale McAlpine apparently has no problem telling people that homosexuality is a “crime against the Creator.” But he got in trouble when he said that to someone who is not only a...
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The UN Nuclear Disarmament Conference
The 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (commonly referred to as the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty — or NPT) opened on May 3 at UN...
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